TFTP Will Return After These Messages: Woodsy the Owl PSAs from the 1970s

Posted to YouTube by user 'Mike's Classic Commercials' (all three)
Length - 0:30 (top), 0:31 (middle), 1:01 (bottom)

Every Wednesday, TFTP takes a break from regular programming to bring you a selection of classic commercials. We will return after these messages...

"Give a Hoot! Don't Pollute!" was one of the battlecries of the anti-pollution movement of the 1970s, and this group of public service announcements (PSAs) featuring Woodsy the Owl was the frontline on which that battle was fought. Most PSAs from the 1970s look painfully cheesy and contrived to us now, but they generally did their job of raising awareness and suggesting courses of action for average people.

The three spots above (created by the Forest Service of the US Dept. of Agriculture) each enlist a group of kids to highlight an environmental problem--littering (in the top PSA), vandalism in wilderness areas (middle), and tree planting (bottom). Interestingly, in the bottom PSA Woodsy's voice is provided by a different actor than the other two (which of the two voices was the earlier one is not clear).